Recap: Kentucky 133, Baylor 130 (4 OT)

December 06, 2013|Reuters

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Recap: Kentucky 133, Baylor 130 (4 OT)

No. 6 Kentucky 133, No. 9 Baylor 130 (4 OT): Jennifer O'Neill came off the bench to score 33 of her school-record 43 points in the second half and overtime periods as the Wildcats survived a 47-point performance by Odyssey Sims to top the Bears in Arlington, Texas, in the highest-scoring game in NCAA women's history.

Janee Thompson recorded 20 points while DeNesha Stallworth added 16 points and nine rebounds for Kentucky (8-1), which won its 19th straight regular-season non-conference game since an 85-51 loss to Baylor last season. Ten players - seven for Baylor - fouled out while both teams set school records for points scored.

Sims, a two-time All-American guard, scored 26 points after picking up her fourth foul with 11:25 left before fouling out with 1:23 remaining in overtime. Nina Davis registered 20 points and 11 rebounds while Makenzie Robertson scored 23 points for Baylor (8-0), which had its 34-game regular-season winning streak snapped.

Sims, who made 17 field goals on a career-high 33 attempts and is averaging 30 points, left after picking up her fourth foul with Baylor trailing by six and returned 1:48 later with the Bears down 12. The Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year scored 16 of Baylor's next 19 points to vault the Bears into an 83-82 lead with 4:12 to play.

Baylor's Imani Wright delivered a 3-pointer with nine seconds left to make it 104-104 and force the second overtime while Kentucky's Kastine Evans tied it at 114 with three seconds left to send it to triple OT. Baylor's Alexis Prince entered her first game of the season with 43 seconds left and made her first field goal before her 3-pointer at the buzzer rolled around and out.